In order to get the site working again I have to refresh. Any help on why this is happening would be appreciated!

EDIT: in case any one stumbles upon this with the same problem, I solved switching to
<link href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.2/jquery.min.js">
instead of
<script href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.2/jquery.min.js">